Contented (SW 6191) vs Evergreen Fog (SW 9130)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Contented SW 6191 (simulated) — Contented SW 6191#BDC0B3, LRV 52

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Evergreen Fog SW 9130 (simulated) — Evergreen Fog SW 9130#95978A, LRV 30

Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.

Quick decision

Lighter: Contented, LRV 52 vs 30.
Warmer: About the same, both green-gray (Lab b* 6.2 vs 6.6).
North rooms: Contented: keeps more brightness (L* 73.2 vs 57.9 in north light) and drifts less gray (chroma drop 2.4 vs 3.1).
Trim that works: Spinach White SW 6434, #E4E8DA, LRV 79: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 11.8, clearly different. At 11.8, treat them as different colors.

See each color

ContentedSherwin-Williams, SW 6191LRV 52, #BDC0B3

More comparisons with Evergreen Fog

Contented (SW 6191) is much lighter than Evergreen Fog (SW 9130) and about as warm: LRV 52 vs 30, deltaE 11.8 (clearly different).

Side by side

Measure	Contented	Evergreen Fog	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 6191	SW 9130
Hex	#BDC0B3	#95978A
RGB	189, 192, 179	149, 151, 138
HSL	74°, 9%, 73%	69°, 6%, 57%
LRV (light reflectance value)	52	30	+22
Lab L*	77.1	62.0	+15.2
Lab a*	-3.4	-3.2	−0.2
Lab b*	6.2	6.6	−0.4
Undertone	Neutral	Gray-Green
Temperature	warm	cool
Color family	Green	Green

Same paint, two kinds of light

Contented (SW 6191), published as #BDC0B3

North light (cool, indirect)
#ACB6B1

South light (warm, direct)
#CFCAB3

Evergreen Fog (SW 9130), published as #95978A

North light (cool, indirect)
#858D88

South light (warm, direct)
#A6A18A

These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works

Which should you pick

Rules of thumb computed from the LRV and Lab values in the table above; no room test was done.

Pick Contented (SW 6191) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 22 LRV points lighter (52 vs 30), so it bounces back more of the limited light

Closest matches to Contented in other brands

Closest matches to Evergreen Fog in other brands

Common questions

Is Contented the same color as Evergreen Fog?: They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 11.8. Contented and Evergreen Fog are different colors.
Which is lighter, Contented or Evergreen Fog?: Contented, with an LRV of 52 against 30.

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Published 2026-10-01. Updated 2026-10-01.

Sources: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0). Color differences are CIEDE2000 values computed by this site from the hex values (data snapshot 2026-10-01). Color names and codes belong to their manufacturers.